Here are some of the live baits we use in Fort Lauderdale.
Threadfin Herring are one of our favorites for kite fishing. While they don't hold up very well in a bait pen for several days, they are great when fished freshly caught. We get them around Miami Beach year round. It is key to bridle these baits as we said they are not super hardy and also it helps with a better hookset. We generally use 5/0 circles on thread fins depending on the site of the bait.
Mullet are pretty awesome and underrated baits and available year round here with an abundance in the Fall and Spring. They are great when fished dead on the bottom for snook and tarpon, and we also strip them and troll on planers for kingfish and several other species. As a live bait the kingfish love them in about 100 feet of water. Make sure to fish a stringer hooker as a lot of the time the bites are short and miss the circle in the lip.
Pilchards are some of our favorite however they are getting to be hard and harder to get in this area. We do get them good if we chum on the anchor balls right outside of Dania Beach. It is best to sabiki the big ones if you are going to store them in a bait pen. They live quite well and are great on a kite. Because they are a bit light in weight, add some weight just above your kite marker to make sure they stay in the water on windy days.
And onto the favorite around here, Goggle Eyes. You won't find a more sought after bait. We either fish for them when they are abundant out of our inlet or we support our local live bait fishing businesses and buy them to save us the time. Some nights you may only catch a few, but other nights you may catch over 100. A goggle on a kite is awesome as it is constantly working and splashing, drawing a lot of attention.
Those are some of our live baits in the area. We will do a part 2 of this video with Ballyhoo, For more information visit our website, https://www.ladypamela2.com/
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